Hey Tod, That's a first rate trailer upgrade. I bet it hurt a little bit submerging that nice work in dirty ramp water.
Your website has given me some good ideas. Thanks Tod and Don, Rick Langer > Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 18:03:50 -0400 > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: M_Boats: Trailer Keel Rollers > To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Rick, > > Although my boat is a 17, I was faced with adding keel rollers, not to > replace a board, > but to replace a single roller that was over loaded. My trailrite trailer > originally > had but one, just aft of the first cross-channel, and it was severely over > loaded. > > When I bought the boat, I saw that the rubber roller was split and the shaft > was bent, so I merely replaced them. Shortly after, the new roller was in > the same > sorry condition. So.... > > I made up a frame upon which four rollers were mounted, two aft of the c/b, > one under > the c/b about 3/4" lower, the amount the c/b protrudes, and one fwd of the > c/b. > > The frame height w/ respect to the bunks is adjustable with shims. I have > it set up so > that the bulk of the weight rests on the rollers. > > I also added keel guides to help get the boat centered on the trailer. > > Since these mods, no more bent rollers and getting the boat on the trailer > is much easier. > > Photo at: http://www.todspages.net/images/BBd01a-TrailerKeelGuides.jpg > > Lastly, I noticed that some gelcoat on the corner of a strake on each side > was taking a > bit of a beating thanks to years of too concentrated of a load, so I slipped > 1/2" > closed-cell foam pads between the bunk carpeting and the wooden bunk board. > > Tod > M17 #408 > BuscaBrisas _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
